March Along....

Oops, I was supposed to post this Sunday. I spent time in front of my new Janome instead. Her name is Jessie. We are now good friends.

I did get quite a bit of sewing done this week. Let's do the list then pics.

The March List

1. Swoon one
2. Pillowcases one pair 
3. Aprons at least one 
4. Secret #1 start top this month, to be finished by November
5. Secret #2 pattern chosen, will chose fabrics soon
6. Secret #3 start top this month
7. Arbor Lane short road trip for our anniversary next weekend, I might take this along
8. Pouches at least one I actually made 1 and a couple little totes!
9. Aggie Baby top complete, need to decide on backing and quilting design.
10. Challenge Blocks done, pics later turned in for the show!
11. Scrapboxes red to be done this month
12. Baby quilt- start top

Excuse the bad lighting, pics of the little totes, challenge blocks,  and Aggie Baby quilt top

 

 
The New Big List

1. Swoon one block per month
2. Pillowcases one pair per month
3. Aprons at least one per month
4. Secret #1 fabrics and pattern chosen
5. Secret #2 pattern chosen, will chose fabrics soon
6. Secret #3 pattern and fabric chosen, to be done by May
7. Arbor Lane
   
8. Pouches at least one per month
9. Socks not feeling this right now.
10. Heather I need to look at see where I am on this one.
11. Aggie Baby 5 of 9 blocks pieced. Needs to be done by March
12. Challenge Blocks done, pics later
13. Scrapboxes making several. Need to start
14. Baby quilt- fabrics and pattern chosen, need to start soon.

 

Holy cow, football ate my fall (and part of winter)

We had an incredible football season. My son's team went 15-1 and played in the state championship. It was a lot of fun but as a booster club officer, it often felt like I had 2 full time jobs. I wouldn't trade the memories we made with those boys for anything!

Sewing and quilting suffered. I did finish most of the projects I was giving as gifts (it helped that the state championship was the weekend we were supposed to celebrate with my family and I got a couple extra weeks to finish). I'll post pics of those later this week.

I now need to reorganize and restart The List. It helped a lot last year. Whew, let's get started. First, the old list...
Big List

1. Aprons- back to at least one a month, I got a great new book of apron patterns
2. Bailey- done, pics later this week.
3. Kyle- ditto
4. Swoon nothing new, back to one a month
5. Pillowcases nothing new
6. Secret #1 gonna be next Christmas....
7. Secret #2 well, this one's on hold for a little bit. I have a pattern chosen but I'm unsure on fabrics.
8. Secret #3 Have fabrics. Design chosen. nothing else
9. Arbor Lane Road trip coming up!
10. Potholders for gifts
11. Pouches Because I'm now obsessed with making cute little pouches.
12. Socks Having some issues with the one on the loom. Leaving it alone for a bit. 
13.  Heather didn't finish for Christmas but her anniversary is in June and birthday in Sept...

The New Big List

1. Swoon one block per month
2. Pillowcases one pair per month
3. Aprons at least one per month
4. Secret #1 fabrics and pattern chosen
5. Secret #2 pattern chosen, will chose fabrics soon
6. Secret #3 pattern and fabric chosen, to be done by May
7. Arbor Lane short road trip for our anniversary next weekend, I might take this along
8. Pouches at least one per month
9. Socks not feeling this right now.
10. Heather I need to look at see where I am on this one.
11. Aggie Baby 5 of 9 blocks pieced. Needs to be done by March
12. Challenge Blocks done, pics later
13. Scrapboxes making several. Need to start
14. Baby quilt- fabrics and pattern chosen, need to start soon.

And now, if you made it to the end, pics to remind me why I started all this...

first quilt show complete

As I expected, I did not place with the quilt. I'll enter again next year.

However, I DID place in the cross stitch competition, a first and a second. WOOHOO!

Now to clean the sewing room and finish some more quilts.

Today's the day

I have to drop off my entries for the Georgetown Quilt and Stitchery show. I've never entered any of my work to be judged and I'm a little nervous.

First, a needlepoint worked in mixed fibers. It's a handpainted canvas that I got in NOLA at The Quarter Stitch.

When I started this, my sister had a kitchen decorated in strawberries. By the time I finished it, she lived in a different house. I never got around to giving it to her. Now that it's framed, I might.

I made this while pregnant with my son. It was framed in his room for a long time. It's been in a box for years now. I converted it to a pillow for the show.

Bug's Christmas quilt. It's been featured here before.

My challenge block.

The show is Friday and Saturday at the Georgetown Community Center in San Gabriel Park. If you are in the Austin area, come by and take a look.